Adira Energy suspends operations on Gabriella License offshore Israel

TSX.V: ADL

TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2013 /CNW/ - ADIRA ENERGY LTD. (TSXV: ADL) (OTCBB: ADENF) (FRANKFURT: AORLB8). Further to the announcement on January 31, 2013, Adira Energy Ltd. ("Adira" or the "Company") announces that it is suspending operations on the Gabriella License
due to lack of funding and lack of reasonable expectation of funding by
certain parties sufficient to pursue the current work program; lack of
agreement among the License holders regarding how to proceed under the
circumstances; and due to the fact that Modi'in Energy L.P. ("Modi'in") has not met its obligations under the Joint Operating Agreement (the
"JOA") or under other agreements in place among the JOA parties.

As the operator of the Gabriella License (the "Operator") the Company's obligation under the JOA is to (among other things)
exercise due care with respect to the receipt, payment and accounting
of funds in accordance with good and prudent practices generally
followed by the international petroleum industry under similar
circumstances. The Operator cannot continue to engage service providers
and providers of equipment and material, without sufficient cash in the
joint account, and with no reasonable expectation of cash being
provided by the License partners.

As such, Adira has suspended operations on the Gabriella License. The
Company continues to work with the all of its partners on the License
to resolve these issues.

About Gabriella

The Gabriella License is located approximately 10 kilometers northwest
of Tel Aviv, in the waters offshore Israel. The block covers an area of
approximately 392 square kilometers (97,000 acres) and is in water
depths that range from 100 meters on the east side of the block to just
over 425 meters on the southwest side of the block. Adira holds a 15%
Working Interest in the Gabriella License and is the designated
Operator. On March 13, 2012, the Company announced it received an
independent resource report prepared by Netherland, Sewell &
Associates, Inc. which included a best estimate of 110.1 MMbbl of
contingent oil on the Gabriella License on a gross unrisked basis. Full
resource report is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com)

About Adira Energy Ltd.

Adira Energy Ltd. is an oil and gas company which is focused in the
Eastern Mediterranean. The Company has three petroleum exploration
licenses offshore Israel; the Gabriella, Yitzhak and Samuel Licenses.
These licenses are located respectively 10 km offshore between Netanya
and Ashdod, 17 km offshore between Hadera and Netanya and adjacent to
the coast between Ashkelon and Bat-Yam. The Company also has an option
on the Yam Hadera License, offshore Israel, which is located 30
kilometers offshore Israel, between Hadera and Haifa and North West of
Adira's Yitzhak License.

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"forward-looking statements". All statements in this press release,
other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in
such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual
results or developments may differ materially from those in the
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Company's internal projections, estimated or beliefs, concerning, among
other things an outlook on the estimated amounts and timing of
exploration work and capital expenditures or other expectation,
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future events or performance, which are considered by management to be
reasonable at the time made. Actual events or results may differ
materially. Although the Company believes that the expectations
reflected in the statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future
results since such results are inherently subject to significant
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contingencies. Many factors cause the Company's actual results to
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intent or obligation to update publicly any forward looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or results or
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and potential investors should carefully consider the information
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